Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on its support for Palestinian terrorist groups that oppose the Palestinian Authority, on, most importantly, acting as a land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, where Hezbollah gets all its arms.

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.

Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.